Yearly Archives: 2021
4 Pattaya-area checkpoints set to control coronavirus spread
Banglamung District set up four checkpoints to limit movement in and out of Chonburi’s hottest coronavirus hotspot.
The road stops in front of Banglamung Police...
Navy readies Covid-19 field hospitals in Sattahip, Chanthaburi
The Royal Thai Navy is preparing to convert its state quarantine centers into field hospitals to handle the surging numbers of Covid-19 patients in...
Drunk New Year’s reveler sleeps it off on sidewalk
A drunk driver smart enough to pull over, slept it off on a Sattahip roadside.
Patrol officers found the unidentified man in his mid-20s sleeping...
Nongprue Senior Group feeds Pattaya’s newly jobless
As fear and hunger again grip Pattaya amid a new shutdown, Nongprue Senior Group donated 200 boxed meals to help those out of work...
Grapevine: Jan 1, 2021
The pandemic and consequent huge decline in visitors have affected negatively all Pattaya businesses. Those below are no exception. But the 12 food outlets...
Heart to Heart: January 1, 2021
For Hillary Only
“For Hillary Only”,
Delivered anonymously, a selection of chocolates in a large brown envelope. No note, no letter, just the inscription “For Hillary...
Cats in Space – Atlantis
Harmony Factory/Cargo Records UK (released November 27th 2020)
I’ll start by saying, even before you take the album out of the sleeve, you can’t help...
Bangkok declared ‘red zone’; shuts most businesses, schools
Bangkok on Friday took its next steps toward complete shutdown, closing schools, shutting all public venues, and placing even more restrictions on three districts...
‘Drunk driving’ top cause of holiday road accidents in Thailand; 74...
74 people have died on the second day of the New Normal road safety campaign to suppress accidents during the New Year holidays. The...
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Thailand’s rule of law stands still as the world moves on
BANGKOK, Thailand - On 17 December in Bangkok, a new report quietly confirmed what many people in Thailand already feel in their daily lives:...
Pattaya’s Soi Siam Country Club Road resurfacing nears completion with final manhole adjustments
PATTAYA, Thailand – Motorists passing through Phornprapanimit Road or Soi Siam Country Club in Pattaya may notice construction crews carefully cutting around manhole covers...
Indian tourist cuts across road, motorcyclist seriously injured in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand – A 41-year-old woman from Buriram province was seriously injured after her motorcycle lost control and crashed on Pattaya Beach Road early...
Kazakh tourist asked to remove tent from Pattaya Beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya municipal officers on morning patrol found a Kazakh tourist camping on Pattaya Beach near Soi 6/1 on Saturday, setting up...
Even–odd parking rules in Pattaya welcome, but residents say problems run deeper
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya City’s renewed enforcement of even–odd day roadside parking along South Pattaya from Sukhumvit Highway entrance to Wat Chaimongkol intersection, has...